The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1887-06-07
A Country Home for City Resi-
dents.
dents.

dents.
The ambition TO own piece of land
and build and cultivate to ones tastes is
natural Characteristic of Americans
and is as commendable as 1t is natural.
Land hunger or home hunger is con-
fined 70 no country, but no where can
the craving be so easily satisfied as in
America, and certainly no section of
this country offers such inducements
to this natural and praisworthy desire
of man as Texas. The busy, bust
ling artificial life in crowded, heated
and dusty city may stunt and even de-
stroy this ambition, but nature will
reassert himself in later generations.
So this thirst for nook on Mother
Earth's bosom which one can call ones
own home, to be arranged as his
hearts desires may dictate, increases
in zest just in proportion to the
growth of population and land values
with the decrease of unoccupied lands.
Under the head of "The Home A Gre"
Mr.. E. p. Roe contributes the follow
ing pen picture of this homecoming
and the home-realized, which can but
stimulate and encourage this lauda-
BILE characteristic of the typical Ameri-
can. ITO tens ofthousands of bread
winners in the cities country home
is dream of the future, the crown and
reward of their life toll. Increasing
numbers are taking what would seem
to be the wise course, aud are COM
bining rural pleasures and alvan-
tages with their business. AS the
questions of rapid transit are solved,
the welfare of children will turn the
scale more often against the conven
tional city house or fat. A home can
be created in rented dwellings and
apartments, but home for which we
have dced--a cottage surrounded by
trees, flowers, lawn and garden-is the
refuge which best satisfies the heart.
By means of such suburban nook we
can keep up our relations with nature
and all her varied and health giving
life. The tired man, returning from
business, finds that his excited brain
will not cease TO act. He can enjoy
restoring rest in the complete diver
sion of his thoughts he thinks of this
tree or that plant, and how lac can llll
to advantage unoccupied spaces with
other trees, flowers and vegetables. If
there is Jersey cow to welcome him
with her placid trust, good roadster
TO whinny for an airing. aud flock of
chickens to clamor about his feet for
their supper, his jangling nerves will
be quoted in spite of all the bulls and
bears of Wall street. Best of all, he
will see that his children have air and
space in which to grow naturally,
hcalthfully. His fruit trees will testify
to his wisdom in providing country
home. For instance, he will observe
that if sound plums arc left in contact
with strong and decsylng specimens
they, too, will be infected; he will see
that too close crowding renders the
prospect for good fruit doubtful; and
by natural transition of thought viii
be glad that his boys and girls are not
shut into the fortuitous associations
of hallway and street"
Oak Cliff, the new suburban. addi-
ton 10 Dallas, is probably the most
beautiful and attractive suburban
site to be found in the south. The
tract contains sixteen hundred acres,
is about two miles long by one mile
wide. embracing hills. dales, level prai.
rie overlooking the city, lakes, parks
and all Of Natures beautiful contribu-
tions to lovely country home; for,
while it IL within one mile of the
court house and will be made so ac-
cessible by the electric elevated rail.
way that lots win be rapidly improved,